After taking an early morning flight, we arrived in Oahu, Hawaii before noon. We were grateful to even be in Hawaii, given the COVID regulations there and having to re-plan this trip several times. Originally, we were supposed to go to Kauai but the island announced a mandatory 14 day quarantine, regardless of showing a negative Covid test. We didn't give up though and booked a new hotel, flight, Covid test, and car rental on Oahu!
Everything was pretty organized flying there and I honestly felt safer there than in California given that everyone was compliant wearing masks and to enter the island you had to show a negative Covid test.
We picked up our Jeep Wrangler, groceries from the store, and our first stop was Leonard's bakery. We devoured our malasadas- the fried pastry, slightly crispy and slightly chewy with a coconut filled inside. We headed to Marriott's Ko Olina Beach resort with our Foodland poke and POG flavored hard seltzers in hand and soaked in the Hawaiian sun that was still beaming in the middle of December.